To be honest, Su Yu still hadn't found a single one of the materials needed to upgrade his Fishing Rod. As for the materials required to build an ordinary house, just looking at the list gave him a headache.
"Forget it. I'll live in the car for now and stockpile the materials bit by bit." After glancing over the list, Su Yu shook his head.
The next second, he looked at the heaps of items covering the ground and felt another headache coming on.
"If I don't find a way to raise my island's level soon, I'll have so much stuff later that there won't be anywhere to put it."
Then he checked that he still had seven trades left for the day and immediately began posting trade offers.
Trading item: 3 bags of Edible Salt (500 g each)
Wanted: Fiberglass 0/1, PE Braided Line 0/1, Carbon Cloth 0/1. One bag of Edible Salt for each type.
Su Yu had just searched for those materials and found that no one had traded them yet. That was why he'd posted the offer—and he'd even pinned it to the top.
Before long, some people in Su Yu's region who had nothing better to do spotted his newly pinned trade offer and started chatting again. He wondered if this crowd used all ten of their daily messages to gossip.
In the Communication Channel, a group of Survivors began speculating about the items Su Yu was buying.
"Does anyone know what the top-ranked big shot wants these things for?"
"Judging by the materials, they're probably for a Fishing Rod."
"A Fishing Rod? Doesn't everyone have one?"
"Are you stupid? He's number one on the rankings, so he gets twenty extra portions of Common Bait every day. One rod isn't enough to fish it all."
"The hungry starve while the stuffed go hungry."
Su Yu had also taken a moment to check the Communication Channel. When he saw that someone had already guessed he wanted the materials to make a Fishing Rod, he wasn't surprised in the least.
With so many Survivors around, it was hardly strange that someone had figured it out.
Besides, Su Yu hadn't bothered to hide what he was buying. Anyone who fished up a [Common Fishing Rod Blueprint] would naturally learn what materials were needed to upgrade it. There was no point in keeping it under wraps.
After quickly sorting the items on the ground, Su Yu began fishing again.
Meanwhile, after Su Yu had shown him how to mix Common Energy Crystals with flour to make thirty portions of Common Bait, Wang Teng eagerly started fishing too.
Wang Teng had naturally seen Su Yu's pinned trade offer. To be honest, he was dying to know how to put together a Fishing Rod.
But he didn't believe for a second that simply having the materials would be enough.
This wasn't an ordinary fishing rod. It was a rod for fishing up treasure chests! There had to be some other trick to it.
Still, Wang Teng wasn't foolish enough to message Su Yu and ask outright. He planned to see if he could fish up something good, then trade it to the big shot for information.
At the same time, the people just behind Su Yu on the Regional Island Prosperity Ranking were each lost in their own thoughts.
Ranked second, Zhou Yi glanced at Su Yu's name on the list, and a strange glint flickered in his eyes.
[Level 1 Island Master] Name: Zhou Yi. Age: 24. Strength: 0.9+(1) Constitution: 0.8+(1) Spirit: 1.3+(1) Note: The values in parentheses are the bonus attributes an Island Master receives while on his own island. These bonuses become ineffective when he leaves his island. Island Prosperity Value: 10 points. Talent: D-rank Talent (Divination), upgradeable up to SSS-rank Deduction. [Regional Communication Channel] [Regional Trading Channel] [Regional Prosperity Ranking List] [Divination Talent] Description: Can divine his own fortune five times a day.
This was Zhou Yi's talent and attributes. It was thanks to his Divination Talent that he'd claimed second place. By using his ability to divine his fortune, Zhou Yi checked the best time to fish before every cast.
If that bastard Su Yu weren't clearly using cheats, Zhou Yi would absolutely be number one in the region.
Seeing that he had just one divination left for the day, Zhou Yi didn't hesitate and used it at once.
[Auspicious]
After seeing the word his divination had revealed, Zhou Yi promptly cast his line.
As for the much-talked-about Su Yu, the big shot himself was lounging on the Massage Chair he'd fished up. Anyone who didn't know better would've thought he was on vacation!
[★★Common Wooden Treasure Chest] Description: Contains one 20-milliliter vial of ordinary Strength Attribute Potion. [20-milliliter Strength Attribute Potion] Description: Increases Strength by 0.2 when consumed. No side effects. Note: This potion has no effect on users whose base Strength attribute is greater than 5.
Just as Su Yu was comfortably fishing, information about a treasure chest flashed before his eyes.
"Holy crap, there's something this good?" After reading the item description for the treasure chest that had just bobbed on the surface, Su Yu immediately perked up. If it slipped off the hook, he'd be heartbroken.
Now fully alert, Su Yu tugged at the line and deftly hauled the chest containing the Strength Attribute Potion onto shore.
He quickly opened it and, thanks to his Double Happiness Talent, got two vials of Strength Attribute Potion.
That alone showed how outrageous Su Yu's talent was—and it could still be upgraded.
Ordinary supplies were one thing, but if he came across something rare later on, he could get as many in one go as other people got after several attempts!
Looking at the glass vials in his hand, Su Yu didn't hesitate. He pulled the stoppers from both and downed them in one gulp.
As soon as the potion reached his stomach, Su Yu felt it take effect. His body tingled all over, as if a faint electric current were flowing through him.
Don't ask Su Yu how he knew what getting shocked felt like. When he was a kid, he'd touched the signal cable jack on a television and gotten zapped. That feeling had really packed a punch.
The potion's effects lasted for about twenty minutes. Then Su Yu immediately opened his Personal Attribute Panel.
[Level 1 Island Master] Name: Su Yu. Age: 23. Strength: 1.4+(1) Constitution: 1+(1) Spirit: 1.5+(1) Slaves: Two Low-level Goblins (10 Prosperity Value), two Toyota Sedans (10 Prosperity Value) Note: The values in parentheses are the bonus attributes an Island Master receives while on his own island. These bonuses become ineffective when he leaves his island. Island Prosperity Value: 20 points (currently ranked first in the region). Talent: SSS-rank Insight Talent, unknown-rank Talent (Double Happiness)—upgradeable. [Regional Communication Channel] [Regional Trading Channel] [Regional Prosperity Ranking List]
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